Thursday, September 30, 2010

California is a state that Asian Ams. should enjoy EQUAL opportunity. We have an 8% share in voting population and a 15% share in generalpopulation -- large enough to be politically effective with the stategovernment. Right?

Unfortunately, no! Indeed in some areas, CA is worse than other states.Examples?

(1) huge % of Asian Am. students in state universities, but only 3.4 % of presidents/Chancellors, (2) 15% population, but much less % of judges in state courts. Indeed, in CA Appeals Court - San Francisco, it is 0% among 25 judges, & (3) The glass ceiling on Asian Am state employees is as low as other states.

Please call Brown's headquarters 510 628-0209 orFax 510 628-0909. Don't use email. They normally don't read it. Useyour own words. The contents should be along this line of:

"Dear Mr. Brown:

I urge you to reply positively to the questionnaire from 80-20 California Coalition. Otherwise, I'll reconsider my vote for you (or I'll vote against you). I'll also tell my friends that I am very disappointed with you.

Name: Address: City and Zip code"

Has Meg Whitman answered? Not yet. She has till Oct. 3.

Call or fax now. Fax is the always the most effective, because it is weightedmore by political offices. If you don't have a fax machine, please go to http://www.gotfreefax.com which allows you to send a free fax.

After you've faxed or called, send me an email saying "I've done it!"

This is a battle for our EQUAL opportunity. There is no better time thanthe election time to get the politicians to listen to us. Act now! Counting on you.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Will the Senate confirm Goodwin Liu & Ed Chen? It may mostly depend on how Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, a Republican, reacts to 80-20's offer to help him in his 2012 re-election campaign.

How so? Pls read on.

So few Asian Am. are federal judges owing to the benign neglect of Asian Americans by BOTH political parties. Now the Democrats, under Pres. Obama, are trying to remedy the shameful situation. However, the Republican Party seems determined to continue its old ways -- keeping us down.

The Republicans say that the 2 jurists are too liberal. Is that the real reason? Think! Since they didn't appoint many conservative AsAm judges when they had the chance, could it be that they just didn't want many Asian Am federal judges?

On November 2, the election day, 3 million Asian Am. voters will reward those who vote to confirm and punish those who thwart us by blocking the nominations. It is the day of reckoning!

A Summary of the Relevant Past Events:

1. President Obama nominated 7 Asian Am. federal judges since he took office 2 years ago, almost doubling the original number of 8 Asian Am. federal judges 2. In Augest, the Senate Republicans used a rarely applied Senate rule to "kill" the nominations of Goodwin Liu and Ed Chen, 3. Two days later, 80-20 set up a petition site gathering 3300+ signers asking Pres. Obama to RE-nominate the 2 jurists. 4. Pres. Obama heard our voice and RE-nominated.5. A few days ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee once again approved the nominations of Liu & Chen aiming to move the nominations to a full Senate debate.

The Upcoming Battles

The Senate Republicans will likely block the two nominations from getting a full-senate debate. This means that 60 votes will be required to break the block, before the nominations can be confirmed requiring only 51 votes. Since Democrats can only deliver 59 votes, our community must find ONE Republican Senator to cast the 60th vote to break the block -- 80-20 has focused on Sen. S. Brown of MA.

If the Republicans choose to block, they are blatantly ignoring the expressed will of Asian Ams which include the following:

i) 3300+ signed on 80-20's petition to Pres. Obama, ii) numerous Asian Ams sent automatically generated letters to Senate leadership - Sen. Reid (D) & Sen. McConnell (R) - to move the nominations for a full senate debate without a block. The site was set up by NAPABA, AAJC and OCA. iii) Supporters of 80-20 poured an estimated 100 to 150 faxes into Sen. Scott Brown' D.C. office, urging him to cast the 60th vote to break the block, should it occur. They are mostly MA voters writing their own letters, signing and giving their home addresses.

Sen. Brown, a Republican, faces a very tough re-election bid in 2012 in MA which is just about the most Democratic state. Since 19 years ago, no Republican Congressional delegate has EVER won re-election. Brown will need every vote he can get to be re-elected. So if he helps us, we'll help him. 80-20 shall lead an Asian Am. bloc vote in Brown's favor in 2012, if he casts the 60th vote to break the block.

80-20 will get a $3,500 matching fund, when 21 more NEW members join.Go http://www.80-20initiative.net , or send a check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229. Thank you.

Friday, September 17, 2010

If you have NOT faxed Sen. Scott Brown yet, please do so NOW! 14 million Asian Ams look to you to perform this political feat.

Sen. Brown is the most likely of the 41 GOP senators to help us. He isrelatively independent, and he dearly needs our help in his re-election bidin 2012 in a very Democratic state.

Sen. Brown's fax number is 202 228-2646. A sample fax is shown below. However, please use your own words. Otherwise, Senator Brown may take yourserious request as a form letter.

"Subject: Cast the 60th vote

Dear Sen. Brown:

I urge you to cast the 60th vote to break the anticipated block of two Asian Am jurists, Goodwin Liu for the 9th Circuit Court and Edward Chen for the N. CA District Court. If you do that, I'll vote for you in 2012 and urge my friends and relatives to also do so.

I'll also urge "80-20 Initiative," a political organization that I listen to, to consider urging a bloc vote for your re-election in 2012. That seems the fair thing for 80-20 to do.

Sincerely,

Name, title (your most impressive ones) and postal address

Cc: S. B. Woo, Acting President, 80-20 PAC, Inc.

"

Please do NOT send emails, most offices don't read them. Do NOT send a letter. The security check for anthrax will takes days if not weeks. The fax is the ONLYeffective way. If you don't have a fax machine, please go to http://www.gotfreefax.com/ which allows you to send a free fax.

Kindly please COPY ME IN so that I know how many faxes have gone intoSen. Brown's office. This campaign will be called off 3 days from today, on9/21. By then, Sen. Brown will know the intensity of our yearning. Ifmore than 100 faxes have poured in already, he'll know that in hisre-election bid in 2012, he can either expect an Asian Americanbloc vote for him, or against him.

AsAms represent 4% of MA's vote. A bloc vote by 4% of voters can easilymake the difference. Will Sen. Brown respond positively? It depends onwhether YOU do your share of faxing him! Thank you.

Urgently awaiting you to fax, thereby giving our children political clout,

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Do you know what is the connection between YOU & the political earthquake in Delaware (DE)? YOU may benefit from it!

If Chris Coons, the Democrats candidate for US Senate, wins, there may be another Senator who is open-minded and willing to listen to the rightful concerns of the Asian Am. community.

Chris worked for me when I was in politics. So did Delaware's current Governor Jack Markell and current Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn.

Here is a picture taken at our home last Christmas season. From the left, Chris Coons, Gov. Jack Markell, S. B. Woo*, and Lietenant Govenor Matt Denn.

Chris was also at my house last Sunday when Katy and I had a fundraiser for him. He publicly stated that he'd be very privileged to hire a talented Asian American senate staff when elected.

Friends: Let's invest in the political process to help us achieve equal citizenship. 80-20 has proven again and again that to be effective inUS politics, one must practice politics the American way i.e. the 80-20 way.

Join 80-20. We try so hard to help you. Will you consider helping us back? 80-20 has just hired an Executive Director increasing its annual expenditure by about $100K per year. Will you help please? To join click on http://www.80-20initiative.net , and then on the RED BUTTON, or you can send a check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229. Be sure to place your e-address at the back of your check. Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

S.B. Woo, (a volunteer)Acting President, 80-20 PAC, Inc.

* Actually as a former Lt. Gov., I have a life-time title of Governor Woo. Some folks in Delaware still address me thusly. However, I don't use it in the Asian Am. community. :) :) :) Pls. just call me S.B., as in the past.

Never in American history has a President responded so directly and frequently to the voice of the Asian Am. community!

YOU & 80-20 together now attend to our NEXT QUEST.

WE shall find one Republican Senator to cast the 60th vote tobreak an anticipated Republican block to submit the names of these2 jurists for a full Senate debate. We believe the vote could come fromSen. Scott Brown of MA, Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, or Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC.

80-20 urgently needs to hear from those Asian Ams who donatedto Sen. Brown. IF YOU were one, please email me directly. YOUwill be much more persuasive than others in the eyes of Sen. Brown. We need you to fax a message to him.

When we succeed in the securing the 60th vote, which the DemocraticSenate leadership has thus far failed to obtain, and when the entireAsian Am. community shows gratitude, say, to Sen. Brown in MA in 2010running for re-election in a very Democratic state, it'll be something to behold.

The sequence of anticipated successes 80-20 has outlined here will not only brighten our children's future & greatly enhance our political clout, but also make political history in not just the Asian Am community but in America's history. We count on YOU to help.

Pass the word to all Asian Ams. donors to Sen. Brown in MA, CA and NY.Our community needs their help at this critical moment. If Sen. Brownhels us. We'll help back. There are 4% AsAm voter in MA who can cast a bloc vote.

So HELP if you can. Another way to help is to join 80-20, which has fought & won for YOU so many times. Click on http://www.80-20initiative.net , or send a check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229. Thank you.

Respectfully yours,,

S. B. WooActing President for the next 3.5 months only (still a volunteer)

* The petition of 3300+ signers was sent to Pres. Obama on 9/9. 80-20 also called a press conference yesterday together with leaders of APAPA & CAPA in San Francisco to reinforce our yearning for re-nominations to Pres. Obama.

PS: Lena Tam, an 80-20 Board Member, is running for re-election as a councilwoman of the Alameda City. She is the first Asian Am. electedofficial who is serving on 80-20's Board, and is a great public servant. We need to make sure that she is re-elected. She faced completely falseaccusations from some dirty politicians. Alameda County D.A. had just completely exonerated her on 9/8/2010.

For unsubscribing, reply with the keyword "unsub-me:8020pac@gmail.com" WITHOUT the quotation marks. When replying, please copy/cut the keyword first and then paste it in your reply.

Never in American history has a President responded so directly and frequently to the voice of the Asian Am. community!

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YOU & 80-20 together now attend to our NEXT QUEST.

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WE shall find one Republican Senator to cast the 60th vote tobreak an anticipated Republican block to submit the names of these2 jurists for a full Senate debate. We believe the vote could come fromSen. Scott Brown of MA, Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, or Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC.

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80-20 urgently needs to hear from those Asian Ams who donatedto Sen. Brown. IF YOU were one, please email me directly. YOUwill be much more persuasive than others in the eyes of Sen. Brown. We need you to fax a message to him.

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When we succeed in the securing the 60th vote, which the DemocraticSenate leadership has thus far failed to obtain, and when the entireAsian Am. community shows gratitude, say, to Sen. Brown in MA in 2010running for re-election in a very Democratic state, it'll be something to behold.

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The sequence of anticipated successes 80-20 has outlined here will not only brighten our children's future & greatly enhance our political clout, but also make political history in not just the Asian Am community but in America's history. We count on YOU to help.

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Pass the word to all Asian Ams. donors to Sen. Brown in MA, CA and NY.Our community needs their help at this critical moment. If Sen. Brown

helps us. We'll help back. There are 4% AsAm voters in MA who can cast a bloc vote.

So HELP if you can. Another way to help is to join 80-20, which has fought & won for YOU so many times. Click on http://www.80-20initiative.net , or send a check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229. Thank you.

Respectfully yours,,

S. B. WooActing President for the next 3.5 months only (still a volunteer)

* The petition of 3300+ signers was sent to Pres. Obama on 9/9. 80-20 also called a press conference yesterday together with leaders of APAPA & CAPA in San Francisco to reinforce our yearning for re-nominations to Pres. Obama.

PS: Lena Tam, an 80-20 Board Member, is running for re-election as a councilwoman of the Alameda City. She is the first Asian Am. elected

official who is serving 159 on 80-20's Board, and is a great public servant. We need to make sure that she is re-elected. She faced completely falseaccusations from some dirty politicians. Alameda County D.A. had just completely exonerated her on 9/8/2010.

Friday, September 10, 2010

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.That quality is as important in organizations as is in individuals. America admires toughness be it in athletes, CEOs, workers, teachers, politicians or organizations.

When two superbly qualified Asian Am jurists, recommended by the Senate Judicial Committee, were blocked by the Senate Republicans on a technicality*, 80-20 rose to petition Pres. Obama to RE-NOMINATE them. We don't give up just because the powerful says NO to us. We want to know their reasons for reject those 2 nominees.

Blocking on a technicality* is a devious act. Let the 2 nominees go to a full senate hearing. Then the Republicans senators may state their reasons of objection publicly on the senate floor.

The days of simply telling us no, and betting on that we'll quietly go away is gone. Not when 80-20 is around. The following is a true story.

Sen. John Kerry of MA once said to me, "S.B., do you know whyAsian Ams are not effective in politics? It is because both Parties and thenational media know that EVEN YOUR ACTIVISTS will go away quietly, when told NO or when having been ignored long enough."

80-20 rose 11 years ago to change that image for our children.

Thanks to you, 3171 have signed 80-20's petition to President Obama to RENOMINATE the two "unanimously well qualified" jurists. The number is

We hope and trust that President Obama will hear us. We also hope and trust that the Senate Republicans will hear us.

This is a good issue to help us decide which party will get our votes in the coming November election. Many other Asian Am orgs. have publicly endorsed the nomination of these two jurists before the senate GOP has blocked them. We trust that they are equally tough and courageous at this critical moment.

Join 80-20. There is a matching fund for NEW members. We still need 25 new members to get that $3,500 donation. Go http://www.80-20initiative.net or send a check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229. Thank you.

Sincerely,

S. B. WooActing President for the next 4 months only.

* "Under a rarely invoked rule, the Senate must agree to carry over pending nominations when it goes on a 30-day recess. But Republican leaders objected to carrying over several disputed nominations, including Liu and Chen." -- LA Times

Friday, September 03, 2010

The signing of the petition to Pres. Obama to renominate two Asian Am. jurists has slowed down a bit on the 3rd day. But that is precisely when YOU will get going to get folks to sign up. Spread the word for 80-20 and urge them to sign. Go http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/dm/8/10p/f .

80-20 will turn in YOUR signed petition to Pres. Obama on September 5th.to urge him to re-nominate Goodwin Liu & Edward Chen on the 6th, when the Senate goes back or later, as he deems appropriate.

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Important Notice: New Blood in TOP Leadership

80-20 has long planned the infusion of new blood into its top leadership, while maintaining continuity and success. To accomplish these goals, the following changes have occurred or will occur.

80-20 has hired a fulltime Executive Director, Daniel Feng of Davis, CA to begin in Sept. 1, 2010. Suzanna Lin, M.D., will continue to serve as Special Assistant to the President/Exec. Director. To ensure smooth transition, S. B. Woo was asked by the Board to help tune in and assist Feng for the remaining 4 months of 2010 as the Acting President.

Effective now, 80-20 actively seeks candidates for president and vice president in 2011 to serve 80-20. The membership-wide election shall occur in the 2nd week of November, 2010. S. B. Woo has stated that he shall not be a candidate for either of those positions, though he'll continue to serve 80-20 in the second line including advising Feng. Additional information about Daniel Feng is shown below.

Daniel Feng is registered as a Independent or "Decline"in Calif. i.e. not associated with any political party. He has been a dues-payingmember for the last 4 years, and was a Delegate to 80-20's 2008 Endorsement Convention, flying at his own expense to attend the Convention in Foster City, CA from Boston, MA where he then resided.

Professionally, Mr. Feng has over twenty years of experience with progressive management responsibilities in a variety of industries and services institutions. He has also actively participated in and made significant contribution to many local and national elections, in which he worked vigorously to promote Asian Americans’ interest. He was highly praised by those leaders of our community who know him.

S. B. Woo, Acting President for 4 months, said, "Daniel will bring to the 80-20 leadership team his passionate American patriotism, commitment to the universal values, sensitivity to Asian American political issues, and practical management skills. 80-20 believes that Daniel’s appointment will greatly strengthen 80-20."

Woo also said, "Daniel takes a cut in his personal income to come work for 80-20 & our community. It's this kind of passion, his other quality as a person, & his qualifications in management that induced 80-20 to select him. I am privileged to advise him. I hope that I'll be as lucky with Daniel as I was with 3 of my top campaign aides back in 1988. They have now become Delaware's Governor, Lt. Governor and County Executive of the largest county in Delaware. The County Exec. is also the Democratic Nominee for the US Senate in the 2010 election."

80-20 will greatly NEED your help during this transition. Its annual expenditure will increase by roughly $100,000 each year. We need more members and donors.

Thursday, September 02, 2010

2,000+ signed in 2 days at 80-20's petition site to President Obamarequesting him "To Re-nominate 2 Asian Am. Jurists" ! A cohesive Asian Am. political voice has arrived. Go see for yourself at http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/dm/8/10p/f .

Asian Ams. rightfully want more than a 0.7% share of federal judges. Pres. Obama responded by nominating enough in 2 years to double that %. Now the senate Republicans have blocked 2 Asian Am. nominees who were rated "unanimously well qualified" by the American Bar Assoc, and approved by the Senate Judiciary Comm. Outrageous!

Turn your outrage towards senate Republicans into positive action. Be a signatory today to request re-nomination or help spread the word.

When you do your share, 80-20 is optimistic that Pres. Obama will hear us and RE-NOMINATE Goodwin Liu for the 9th Appeals Court and Edward Chen for the Northern California District Court.